IWC Pilot's Chronograph

Overall Condition: Excellent condition overall. Case shows only faint signs of wear consistent with gentle handling and display. Dial and handset are excellent. Factory strap and pin buckle only show minor wear.

There is perhaps no more versatile complication than the chronograph.

From race cars to rocket ships, boats to battlefields, you are likely to find a chronograph being employed to measure a plethora of tasks and times. From the Greek khrónos (“time”) and gráphō (“to write”), a chronograph is a watch that has the ability to record time, generally via the addition of small sub-counters that register minutes and hours.

And what better use for a chronograph than within the confines of a pilot’s watch? IWC makes some of the finest pilot’s watches in the world, with a history stretching back to the early decades of the 20th century.

This particular watch, the Pilot’s Chronograph IW371702, features a 42mm stainless steel case with pump pushers, a signed screw-down crown, a sapphire crystal, IWC's Calibre 79320 automatic-winding chronograph movement with a day and date complication, and an excellent leather strap to match.

This piece remains in outstanding, mint condition and comes with its warranty card dated 2017.

Handsome, well sized and featuring a knockout movement, it would be tough to argue that this reference IW371702 isn’t one of the best values in pilot’s chronographs available today.